Collective title and episode titles from disc menus. Based on the manga: Tetsuwan Atomu / by Osamu Tezuka. Originally produced as episodes of the Japanese animated television program Shin Tetsuwan Atom in 1980-1981. Special features (disc 8): deleted scenes (7 min.); restoration comparison (2 min.); storyboards of opening sequence (1 min.); original character art gallery (7 min.); original "Astro Boy" manga covers (5 min.); 13 character profiles. Japanese voices: Mari Shimizu, Hisashi Katsuta, Kazuo Kumakura ; English voices: Billy Lou Watt.
Contents:
Disc 1. The birth of Astro Boy -- Robot circus -- Save the classmate -- Atlas lives again -- Robot Land -- Frankenstein -- The red cat -- Disc 2. The crystal of the desert -- The white planet -- The robot president -- Goliath's head -- The light ray robot -- Uran the tomboy -- Robio and Robiette -- Disc 3. Astro fights aliens -- Save the Carolina 3 -- The rainbow comet -- The death balloon -- The transformation robot -- The wreck of the Titan -- The liar robot -- Disc 4. The girl from Alsoar -- The greatest robot in the world, pt. 1 -- The greatest robot in the world, pt. 2 -- The robot Vikings -- The time machine -- The robot stuntman -- The great meltdown -- Disc 5. Uran's twin -- Speeding through the storm -- The return of Queen Cleopatra -- The runaway subway train -- The baby elephant Pook -- The secret of the Bee City -- The monster of Clarken -- Disc 6. Lily on Peligro Island -- The anti-proton gun -- The man-made solar sphere -- Blackie Young -- The genie from outer space -- The robots nobody wanted -- Atlas forever -- Disc 7. The snow leopard -- Uran's quest -- Outer Space Port R45 -- The hijacked airship -- The human-faced rock -- Uran falls in love -- The world of Odin -- Disc 8. The secret of the Mayas -- Astro's first love.
Summary:
"When a brilliant robot engineer named Doctor Boynton loses his son Toby in a tragic accident, the dedicated but heart-broken scientist uses his technical skills to construct a robot in the boy's image" -- Container.
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